Brief Life History of David Smedley
When David Smedley Missildine was born on 9 January 1907, in Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Missildine, was 37 and his mother, Alice David Smedley, was 35. He married Margaret Adel Vining on 29 December 1928, in Duval, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 21 March 1944, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, United States.
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- David S Misseldine, "United States Census, 1940"
- David S Missildine, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
- David Smedley Missildine, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1912 · McCreary County Created
Named after James B. McCreary a Confederate war hero and two time Governor of Kentucky McCreary County was created in 1912.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (Bedfordshire): variant of Missenden, a habitational name from Great or Little Missenden (Buckinghamshire). The placename may derive from Old English myssen ‘growing with mysse’ (a derivative of the plant name mysse, the exact sense of which is unknown) + denu ‘valley’. Alternatively, the initial element may be a lost river name Mysse (genitive Myssan), probably an early name for the river Misbourne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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